Papa Kofi Amissah-Reynolds, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Vincent Aboagye, Isaac Monney, Francis Nuamah & Emmanuel Awimbe Ndego·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
Background: Globally, vegetables have become an essential part of the human diet due to their high nutritional benefits. They are usually eaten raw or partially cooked and therefore could become vehicles for transmission of food-borne illness. This study therefore assessed parasi...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is generally termed as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever and it is known to be the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Without any proper diagnosis and treatment it causes high fatality rate. It is a disease generally caused by protozoan parasite...
Judith Lum Ndamukong-Nyanga, Nchangsen Jacqueline, Dinayen Flavia, Ngum Catherine Ndamukong & Desdemona Njabi Nji·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
The present study aims to determine the socio-demographic factors and attitudes influencing the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Buea, SW Cameroon. Toxoplasma gondii also called T. gondii is derived from the Greek words toxon, plasma and gondii which mean b...
Mousa Motavallihaghi, Manoochehr Karami, Khadijeh Rahmati, Pegah Ameri, Fariborz Etemadifar & Amir Hossein Maghsood·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
Introduction: Despite many studies that have been done in different parts of Iran, comprehensive information on the epidemiology of Acanthamoeba is not available. Therefore, this review was conducted to collect the reports from studies accompanied in different parts of the countr...
Rodent species such as Rattus rattus diardii and Rattus norvegicus are invasive species and potential reservoirs of significant pathogens of humans. The zoonotic infections are among the most common on earth and are responsible for over 60% of all human infectious diseases. This...
Non-Governmental Organizations in collaboration with the National Program for the Fight against Onchocerciasis ‘‘PNLO’’, are well engaged in the fight against filariasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study, conducted at the Buta General Reference Hospital, aims to sea...
Schistosomiasis is a pathology, today called Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD). It is a chronic parasitic disease caused by flatworms called Schistosoma or bilharzia, transmitted to humans by a freshwater mollusc. This disease is the 2nd most common parasitic disease in the world....
This study the examined feacal sampled from 1392 goats from Trans Nzoia area in Kenya for Gastro-Intestinal Helminths (GIH). A total of 642 (46.1%) were found positive for GIH. Trematodes were 22.1%, cestodes 12.6% and nematodes were the least prevalent at 11.4% with a mixed infe...
Background: Salmonella bacteria and A. galli worms cause serious illness, pathological defects and economic losses even in modern poultry production systems. This study was undertaken to elucidate the antibiotic sensitivity of Salmonella typhimurium when associated to A. galli. M...
The study evaluated the distribution and some ecological aspects of land snails in croplands of Trans Nzoia, Kenya from January to December 2016. Snails were collected monthly during the study period and sampled using a combination of indirect litter sample methods and timed dire...
Background and Aim: Malaria remains a disease of public health concern in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. It has caused the death of millions of people; especially pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of Plasmodi...
Fecal samples were collected from 389 school children 200 (76.9%) boys and 189 (80.8%) girls and were examined by using direct smear, formalin-ether administration techniques socio-economic personal hygiene, environmental and demographic information were collected by using self-a...
Background and Aim: Malaria is a major disease of public health concern which requires adequate epidemiological information for proper management and control in Nigeria. This research was carried out to determine the pattern of malaria parasitaemia and genotype among residents of...
Background: Malaria and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in pregnancy are of great public health importance, jeopardizing the outcome of pregnancy, affecting mother, foetus and new-born babies. Objectives: This cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of malaria an...
Aims: In this study, sesbania (Sesbania grandiflora) leaves were used as an experimental material. Tannins was measured using Folin-Ciocalteu method. The ovicidal effect of this plant leaves was determined against goat’s parasitic nematode egg using egg hatch assay. Study Design:...